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Fuel duty postponement: huge step backwards

Jul 16th 2008

16 July 2008
Responding to the Government’s decision to further postpone the planned 2p increase in fuel duty [1], Campaign for Better Transport’s Campaigns Director Jason Torrance said:

Latest DfT roads strategy announcement is misleading

Jul 16th 2008

16 July 2008
Responding to today’s announcement of a new programme of motorway hard-shoulder running by the Secretary of State for Transport, Ruth Kelly [1], Campaign for Better Transport’s Roads and Climate Campaigner Richard George said:

Station Travel Plans: Our efforts pay off

Jul 11th 2008

11 July 2008
Campaign for Better Transport is pleased that its efforts to make it easier for people to access rail stations are bearing fruit, with the launch today of station travel plans, which we have been promoting.[1] 

Rail fares: The Government thinks we’re fortune tellers

Jul 2nd 2008

2 July 2008
Today Campaign for Better Transport reveals that walk-on rail fares are almost five times the price of advance fares [1]. The group has concluded that the Government must think we’re fortune tellers.

Planning Bill in the House of Lords: press comment

Jul 2nd 2008

2 July 2008
This afternoon, Stephen Joseph, Campaign for Better Transport’s executive director, will be speaking at a briefing of peers on the Planning Bill.

Action, not just words, needed to deliver sustainable transport

Jul 1st 2008

1 July 2008
Campaign for Better Transport welcomed the Government’s progress reports [1] on transport policy published today but said that Ministers must take action now to address the challenges identified. Executive Director Stephen Joseph said:

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